Means for transmitting the power of a moving car to a motor thereon



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MEANS FOR TRAN w. QVIIMCMQJ zwc/ R. D. GALLAGHER, Jr.

SMITTING THBPOWER OF A MOVING GAR TO A MOTOR THEREON.

PatntedDeo. 26, 1893,

@QMQW/ MZQ QM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD D. GALLAGHER, JR, OF CHIOAGQ'ILLINOIS.

MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING THE POWER OF A MOVING CAR TO A MOTOR THEREON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,520, dated December 26, 1893.

Application 51 a January 28, 1893- Serial m. 459,968. (No mi .To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD D. GAL- LAGHER, J r.,-a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented axnew and useful Improvement in Means for Transmitting the Power of a Moving Car-to a Motor Thereon, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the means employed on acar for utilizing the power of a rotating axle thereof through the medium of a suitable primary motor con-' power from the primary to the secondary motor,-whereby the mechanism shall not be injuriously or undesirably afiected, or disorganized, by the vibrations of the car-body in motion. In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a broken plan view, in the nature of a-diagram, of my improvement; and Fig. 2 is a broken longitudinal section of the same.

A represents the floor of a car, and B de-i.

' notes a truck-frame supporting'the axle C for the car-wheels D. The parts thus referred to may involve any suitable or well known construction, and need not, therefore, be herein described in detail.

E is a pump, which I prefer to support directly on the axle 0, though, it may be elsewhere sppported on the car and connected with the axle by means of suitable gearing;

and F is a motor supported in suitable position on the car (as on the floor A), and connected with the pump E by pipe-connections hereinafter described. l

The pump E and motor I" may involve the same construction, and this may be of any form suitable for my purpose; and I do not intend to limit my improvement to any particular construction of the pump and motor, though that illustrated is novel, but is not herein described in detail, as it forms the subject of my separate concurrent application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 459,969, filedon the 28th'day of January, 1893.

For my present purpose it will be sufficient to describe the pump E as, involving a OlIGlllarcasingrstationarilysupported tosurround the axle C, but eccentrically thereto, having an outlet q and an inlet p at different points in its periphery;.a circular head 0 within the casing secured on the axle concentr cally and to rotate therewith and having radialrecesses -n at suitable intervals, in'which oper-.

ate abutments or vanes m confined between a pair of annular abutment-guides l (one of which, only, is shown in 'Fig. 2), which sur round the axle C eccentrically thereof, but

are concentric with the casing r. The motor F, illustrated, which has a'driving-shaft, C may involve identically the same construction as the pump E, and the corresponding parts of the motor are denoted by the same reference letters as those employed to denote the parts of the pump.

Flexible pipe-sections k andz' (preferably rubber hose) are connected with the pump E,

respectively, at the outlet q and inlet 19, and lead to solid pipes G and H, supported on the bottom of the car, and through which fluid is forced from thepump to the motor and back to the pump, for driving the motor. provide a peculiar arrangement of transmitting-- pipesG and H and-of checlotvalves there n, of which the following is a description: Am: and a, respectively, the pipes G and H lead, by branches G and 11, into a common pipe I, which leads to the inlet p of the motor F. From the point a; the pipe G continues to the outlet q of the'motor F. ll is an extension of the pipe H, which crosses over, beyond the point :0, to the pipe G beyond the pointer;

and the pipes l and II are connected, near themotor F, by a by-pass I, which contains a for the purpose of taking up any throbbing of the pump E; and the ail-chamber is surmounted by a gage lll, inspection of which shows thepressure at which the fluid is circulating and cnablesit to be properly regulated.

In the branch G is an inwardly opening check-valve, indicated at h, and another inwardly opening check-valve is provided in the branch H, as indicated at h. In the pipe G, between the point a" therein and the pipeextension 11 is a check-valve, indicated at 7L2, which opens toward the point a and in the extension 11 0f the pipe II is a checkvalve, indicated at h, which opens correspondingly with the check-valve h The operation is as follows: The construction illustrated provides, as will be seen, an endless course for the power-transmitting fluid to be employed, which may be air, gas, or a suitable liquid, which, preparatory to operating the mechanism, is supplied in sufficient quantity to fill the pump and motor and pipe-connections between them. Rotation of the axle C in the direction of the arrow,as indicated in Fig. 2, will then force the fluid through the pipe G, branch G, pipe I and inlet 11 into the motor F, thereby driving the latter, and transmitting its power, through the shaft (3' to the dynamo or other device (not shown) to be driven. The exhaust from the motor 11 passes through the pipe G, extension ll and pipe ll back to the pump E. Should the speed of the car be increased to an extent that would increase the head under which the motor is operated to an undesired degree, the excess of the head of fluid will cause the valve K to open sufficiently to allow a proper portion of the fluid to pass by the motor, instead of passing through it, which would cause it to speed up; and such excess enters the pipe G and passes with the exhaust back to the pump. By my arrangement of check-valves, as will be seen,

the pum E may be caused to revolve in either direction without changing the direction of revolution of the motor. Thus it the axle (1 be caused to revolve in the direction which would force the power-transmittiug fluid through the pipe ll, (thereby rendering q the pump-inlct,) the fluid will reach the pipe I by passing the check-valve h, and

thus enter the motor also at its inlet 1), the lay-pass 1 taking any excess there may be; and, owing to the pressure against the checkvalve h the course of the exhaust will I be through the pipe G directly to the pump at q, which will then be the pump-inlet. The arrangementof cheek-valves also serves to re lieve the machinery from strain that would otherwise result from sudden stopping of the car; fol-should the pump E suddenly stop,

the motor 1', instead of stopping im mediately, actst'or atime as a pump to pump the llnid through the pipes and valves. L

One of the moreimportant uses, for which my imprcwemcnt is intended, is thatol' charging, through the mediumot a dynamo hereinbefore. referred to, storagc-batt(nies, now commonly carried on cars to take up theex- .eess of. energy during the time theinotoris caused to run when no light or other power is required, and give it off again when the caris stopped, as at a station, or when the train is broken apart.

It is not essential to my invention, though preferred, that the exhaust from the motor shall lead back to the pump.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a car,'a fluid-pump connected with a car-axle and operated by the rotation of the axle by the motion of the car, a motor supported on the car for driving mechanism thereon, fluid-conduct1ng pipeconnections between the pump and motor for transmitting driving power of the axle, through the medium of the said pump thereon, to the motor and exhausting the fluid from the motor, and check-valve and governing mechanism controlling the direction and pressure of the fluid in the pipes and operating to maintain and controlthe speed and direction of the motor on the car regardless of the speed and direction of the pump on the axle substantially as described.

. 2. In combination with a car, a pump connected with a car-axle, a motor supported on the car for driving mechanism thereon, fluidconducting pipes G and H leadiug from the pump and branching beyond t into a com- 95 mon pipe I leading to the motor-inlet, the pipe G extending to the motor-outlet and the pipe II to the pipe G beyond the sa d branching, and a system of check-valves 1n the said pipes operating, at will, to conduct the out- I00 going fluid from the pump either through the pipeG or the pipe 11 to the motor-inlet 1) through the pipe I, and to conduct the ex- 'haust back to the pump, accordingly, either through the pipe II or the pipe G, substair I05 tially as described. V i I u l In combination with a car, a pump connected with a car-axle, a motor supported on thecar for driving mechanism thereon,fiu1dconducting pipes G and II leading from the I to pump and branching beyondit nto acornmon pipe 1, leading to the motor-inlet, the pipe G extending to the motor-outlet and the pipe II to the pipe G beyond the said branching, a system of check-valves 1n the said pipes I 15 operatiug,-at will, to conduct the outgo ng fluid from the pump either-through. the pipe G or pipe II to the motor-inlet ,1) through the pipe I, and toconduct the exhaustback to the pump accordingly, either tl rouglr the pipe 12c ilorpipe G, and a by-pass l' between the pipes I and II, and containing a pressurea valve K, substantiallyas described. I ,4. In combinationiwitha car, a pump connected witlracar-axlea motor supported on I2 5 the, car 1' or .d riving mechanism thereon, fluid.- conducting pipes G; andfill having flexible sections 70 and i and leading from thepump and to branches G and it containing checlcvalves h. and h, a pipe I; noun-non to thesald r branches and leading to the motor-inlet p, the M and forming a governor, the whole being said pipe G extending to the motor-outlet; q constructed and arranged to operate substanand containing a check-valve IF, the pipe l-I tialiy as described.

extending to the pipe G and containing a! RICHARD D. GALLAGHER, JR. check-valve h, a by-pass I between the pipes In presence of- I and G and containing apressure-valve K, J. N. HANSON,

and an air-chamber L- provided with a gage 1 N.'WTLLTA1\IS. 

